CHICAGO - The driver of a tug vehicle at Chicago O'Hare International Airport was injured Saturday evening after colliding with the wing of an airplane. Chicago police said the incident happened just before 7 p.m. The wing of an aircraft reportedly hit a tug as the tug tried to cross an active taxiway. The impact caused the tug to flip over, pinning the driver underneath it, according to investigators. 
	
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Aircraft tug driver critically injured in collision with jet at O'Hare International Airport

A 64-year-old driver of an O'Hare International Airport aircraft tug was critically injured Saturday evening after his vehicle collided with an aircraft

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Man left critically injured after third airport incident in 3 days

The FAA said Air Wisconsin Flight 6181 collided with an aircraft tug while approaching a gate at O&#039;Hare International.

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Plane collides with aircraft tug at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport; tug driver critically injured

An employee at Chicago O'Hare International Airport was seriously injured on Saturday evening. The tug he was driving was hit by an airliner upon landing.

Un employé de l’aéroport international O’Hare de Chicago a été grièvement blessé ce samedi soir. Le remorqueur qu’il conduisait a été percuté par un avion de ligne à l’atterrissage.

Un avion de ligne entre en collision avec un remorqueur à Chicago, le conducteur gravement blessé

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An airliner collides with a tugboat in Chicago, the driver seriously injured

An aircraft tug collided with a plane that had just landed at O'Hare International and overturned, critically injuring the driver.

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A driver at Chicago's O'Hare Airport was critically injured when an aircraft tug collided with a recently landed plane, flipping over and pinning the driver. No passengers were harmed. The FAA is investigating the incident.

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Aircraft tug slams into plane at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport; driver critically injured

A 64-year-old driver of an O’Hare airport tug truck was critically injured Saturday evening after his vehicle collided with an aircraft as it tried crossing a runway, according to Chicago police. The driver was behind the wheel of the tug–an airport vehicle used to push aircraft– around 7 p.m. on an O’Hare taxiway, attempting to cross a runway and was clipped by an aircraft wing, police said. The collision flipped the vehicle over, pinning the d…

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O’Hare tug driver critically hurt after aircraft wing flipped his vehicle: police

The aircraft's wing "struck a tug while approaching the gate" on Saturday night, leaving the man with what police are describing as "head and lower body injuries"DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty  An aerial view of Chicago O'Hare International Airport in May 2019A man was hospitalized this weekend after the tug truck he was operating at Chicago O'Hare International Airport was struck by the wing of an aircraft.On Saturday, Feb. 1, around 6:58 p.m., a 64…

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64-Year-Old Man Injured After Plane Wing at Chicago O'Hare Airport Collides with Aircraft Tug Truck

The driver of an aircraft tug was critically injured after the vehicle was struck by the wing of an airplane and flipped over Saturday at O'Hare Airport, Chicago police said.

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Airplane strikes aircraft tug at O'Hare Airport, driver critically injured, Chicago police say

The driver of an aircraft tug was critically injured when the vehicle flipped over after colliding with the wing of an airplane Saturday at O'Hare Airport, Chicago police said.

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Plane strikes United tug at Chicago's O'Hare, driver critically injured, officials say

A worker at O'Hare Airport was injured Saturday night when the wing of a plane struck the tug vehicle he was driving.The tug was attempting to cross a taxiway about 7 p.m. when it was struck by the wing of an aircraft, flipping the tug over and pinning the driver under the vehicle, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. The 64-year-old man driving the tug was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in critical conditi…

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